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When Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849, his literary executor, Rufus Griswold, launched a smear campaign, painting Poe as a mad, ...

Edgar Allan Poe is the inspiration behind one NFL team, the Baltimore Ravens. In 1996, the pro football team took a new name inspired by Poe's most famous work.

Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, just days after being found delirious, lying in a ditch and wearing someone else's clothes. The poet's mysterious death has captivated people ever since.

Nope! At least, not that we know about. In 1830, the real Edgar Allan Poe did attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as we see in the movie.

Best Times The Edgar Allan Poe Museum features a great many events for Poe enthusiasts, from an annual Poe Birthday Bash to monthly “Unhappy Hours” that celebrate the work and life of Poe.

Two panels that reference Edgar Allan Poe’s opposition to abolitionism were flagged for President Donald Trump’s administration’s review by National Park Service staff at the historic site in ...

It’s worth noting, too, that the Army receiver Poe is not the first successful college football player to bear the name: Another Edgar Allan Poe, a distant relative of the writer, played ...

The sixth annual International Edgar Allan Poe Festival returns to Baltimore next month. The two-day event on Oct. 7-8 in west Baltimore celebrates all things Poe just ahead of the spooky season.

— Edgar Allan Poe 22. “In the Heaven's above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of 'Mother.” — Edgar Allan Poe 23.